The
Medical Women’s Federation - Working for women’s health and women
doctors since 1917
The
Medical Women's Federation was founded in 1917 and is today the largest and
most influential body of women doctors in the UK.
MWF aims to:
• Promote the personal and professional
development of women in medicine
• Improve the health of women and their
families in society
MWF consistently works to change discriminatory
attitudes and practices. MWF
provides a unique network of women doctors in all branches of the profession,
and at all stages from medical students to senior consultants. We aim to achieve
real equality by providing practical, personal help from members who know
the hurdles and have overcome them.
Achievements
MWF
has campaigned for many years for:
• removal of limits on numbers of women entering medical school.
• a retainer and returner scheme for hospital and general practice
which allows doctors to keep in touch with medicine during periods of limited
work and to return after a break
• the development and acceptance of flexible training schemes and
flexible working patterns at all levels of the profession
• recognition and fair treatment of sessional doctors in general
practice
• the need for continuing medical education and a proper career
structure for non-consultant hospital career grade practitioners
• family-friendly employment policies and childcare tax relief
• proper treatment for women who suffer sexual abuse or domestic
violence
• abolition of female genital mutilation
• ensuring the needs of women patients and women doctors are considered
in the planning and development of services
• ensuring women doctors are active in professional
life - MWF members are active in a large range of organisations, including the
Royal Colleges, BMA, GMC, Local Medical Committees and Postgraduate Deaneries.
Much progress has been made, but much more
remains to be done!
Follow
the links above to find out more about Who's Who, MWF's history and key facts
and figures demonstrating why there is still a need for the MWF. Click on
the tab on the left to read the MWF's Manifesto.
